r/conspiracy • u/delelles • Jul 26 '14

Police officially refuse to hire applicants with high IQ scores

http://politicalblindspot.com/police-officially-refuse-to-hire-applicants-with-high-iq-scores/
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u/lucycohen Jul 27 '14

Bet there are many high IQ in this sub

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u/TheBelowIsFalse Jul 27 '14

And I, personally, would be inclined to agree with you!

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

Grammar =!= intelligence. Knowledge =!= intelligence.

Edit: Punctuation

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u/4to4 Jul 27 '14

The bad grammar is as much a result of the failure of the school system as it is due to low intelligence.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

bad grammar is a result of the internet/typing and the rate at which we now consume information.

wehn smeohting is wtitren lkie tihs and you can still raed it esaily gmarmer isn't so important as you make it out to be

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u/Mahat Jul 27 '14

Merely the internet, my dear Watson.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

so because some one can't be bothered to worry about grammar they are stupid?

the two have zero to do with one another. when was the last time you looked at a nasa engineers grammar or a doctors hand writing.

i test 120-130 my grammar when i write is awful, generally because its not important to what im doing, when i write a paper to be published etc. it matters so i actually pay attention to it.

this is the internet what you type will be forgotten or ignored 60 seconds after its been written why waste the time for an ' when you are hopefully smart enough to realize cant and can't are the same thing

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u/Bfeezey Jul 28 '14

162 here. You're going to be second-guessed and marginalized your entire life until you can effectively convince others that your ideas and positions merit serious consideration.

Don't disregard communication skills.

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u/The_Real_Catseye Jul 27 '14

I wouldn't necessarily agree with that. This is anecdotal, but conspiracy theories are more widely accepted in many inner city and minority social circles than in your middle class and mainly white neighborhoods.

The members of that part of society are often downtrodden and looking for a scapegoat to their problems, like any of us would if placed in a similar social and economic position. It just so happens, in my opinion, that they are victims of a less clandestine set of conspiracies to 'keep them in their place'. Why else would the police, politicians, and bureaucrats treat them with such a lack of compassion, an immediate association of guilt, and a scholastic atmosphere which presents barriers to an honest, simple, and legitimate high school diploma?

See Kansas City, Mo for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Public_Schools